1946 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1946 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1946 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his 13th year as head coach of the Hoosiers. Fullback Pete Pihos was named the team's most valuable player.[1]

1946 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1946 record6–3 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPPete Pihos
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1946 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Illinois $ 6 1 0  8 2 0
No. 6 Michigan 5 1 1  6 2 1
No. 20 Indiana 4 2 0  6 3 0
Iowa 3 3 0  5 4 0
Minnesota 3 4 0  5 4 0
Ohio State 2 3 1  4 3 2
Northwestern 2 3 1  4 4 1
Wisconsin 2 5 0  4 5 0
Purdue 0 5 1  2 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 21Cincinnati*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
L 6–15-
September 28at MichiganL 0–2174,600
October 5at MinnesotaW 21–053,648
October 12Illinois
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 14–727,000
October 19IowaNo. 18
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
L 0–13-
October 26at Nebraska*W 27–7-
November 2Pittsburgh*No. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 20–6-
November 9at No. 17 NorthwesternW 7–6-
November 23at PurdueW 34–20-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

1947 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
John CannadyCenter322New York Giants
Ben RaimondiBack641Chicago Cardinals
Bob "Hunchy" HoernschemeyerBack1194New York Giants
Bob RavensburgEnd17150Chicago Cardinals

[3]

References

  1. "Pete Pihos Named I. U.'s Most Valuable". The Kokomo Tribune. United Press. November 29, 1946. p. 17. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  2. "1946 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  3. "1947 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 3, 2015.


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